Several College Football Playoff contenders were making a clear case to the committee on the regular season's penultimate week

Ole Miss won four straight games after dropping a road contest at Georgia (43-35). The Rebels have two ranked wins, #4 LSU (24-19) and #13 Oklahoma (34-26). The Rebels have won a ton of close games too, which is concerning. Ole Miss beat Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, Washington State, and Oklahoma each by one possession, which is a dangerous game.

There is plenty of drama in the SEC to come after the league largely abdicated its duties to have some compelling games during Week 13 (SoCon Saturday remains the best nickname for the annual FCS opponents that filter through the conference). All told, six of the SEC’s 10 games will carry some sort of playoff implications.

There were several winners and losers in Week 13 of the college football season with Oklahoma helping its playoff hopes and USC seeing its chance end

In their only game since firing Hugh Freeze, Auburn piled up 563 yards of total offense and 38 points in a loss at Vanderbilt in Stanford transfer Ashton Daniels ' second start at quarterback. The Tigers have lost five games against ranked opponents this season by just 36 combined points.

Greg Sankey walked into a back room in the Georgia press box Saturday night, where a television was playing the end of Oklahoma’s upset of Alabama. A result that only bolstered the SEC’s chances to get five teams — maybe more — in the College Football Playoff.

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin;s future with the Rebels remains in question with the LSU Tigers and Florida Gators looking to lure him out of Oxford. No. 5 Ole